[TruthSetsUFree]

How is Amazon using an external downloader program any different than iTunes requiring the use of the program iTunes to download?

I find it very easy to download music from Amazon, and if you use iTunes, the album or song shows up automatically in iTunes as soon as you open it.

Amazon also has tons of free music in the form of samples from various albums. Plus, I love how you can listen to parts of each song before committing to buy.

[RayChuang88]

Here's the thing: people who have studied using computers note that if a feature you want requires you to install a third-party program, the less likely you want to use it. And that's the rub against the Amazon MP3 Download service--you have to install Amazon's own downloader program in addition to running iTunes to make it work.

Meanwhile, because iTunes is a "soup to nuts" solution, you can buy and download the music without leaving iTunes itself. That's why most of the legal digital music downloads are done through iTunes.